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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

3.3c Selected National Accounts Ratios

Household savings ratio (a) - per cent

September

quarter

December

quarter

March

quarter

June

quarter

Annual average

1963-64

11.8

1964-65

11.4

1965-66

9.8

1966-67

12.5

1967-68

8.7

1968-69

11.6

1969-70

11.1

1970-71

12.2

1971-72

12.6

1972-73

12.7

14.8

13.7

16.1

14.1

1973-74

15.7

16.0

16.8

17.0

16.3

1974-75

16.4

16.9

17.3

15.6

16.3

1975-76

16.2

16.7

13.1

14.1

14.5

1976-77

15.7

13.7

13.9

13.7

14.0

1977-78

13.3

12.9

13.8

12.9

13.0

1978-79

12.6

12.4

16.4

13.5

13.4

1979-80

12.4

13.0

11.1

12.4

12.1

1980-81

11.9

12.1

10.6

12.5

11.7

1981-82

11.1

12.8

11.4

11.2

11.8

1982-83

11.2

10.5

10.3

9.2

10.4

1983-84

10.7

13.7

11.0

12.9

11.9

1984-85

11.0

11.5

10.9

10.9

11.0

1985-86

9.0

9.3

10.5

8.6

9.3

1986-87

9.4

8.7

7.4

7.3

8.2

1987-88

8.5

4.9

5.6

6.6

6.4

1988-89

5.5

6.4

6.8

8.2

6.6

1989-90

7.3

8.2

9.4

8.2

7.9

1990-91

8.3

7.4

6.2

3.9

6.2

1991-92

5.9

5.3

5.9

4.6

5.2

1992-93

5.4

4.3

4.4

3.9

4.5

1993-94

2.5

3.0

4.2

6.0

4.1

1994-95

5.1

6.0

5.3

4.9

5.0

1995-96

5.9

5.3

6.1

5.0

5.1

1996-97

7.3

6.0

5.3

4.3

5.6

1997-98

4.5

3.0

3.1

4.2

3.4

1998-99

2.1

(a) Household saving as a proportion of household disposable income. Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted.

Source: National Income, Expenditure and Product, ABS (5206.0)

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